folgers,
Sorry to hear about the cat thing.
It seems that many are having pet difficulties with electronics these days.
As for your QS8 problem, check all your speaker wire connections. Sometimes a loose or crossed wire touching some other metallic surface can cause this problem. Often times it results in your receiver shutting itself down into protection mode.
Aside from that, swap your QS8 left and right and change music/source material to be sure it has nothing to do with that.
Otherwise, unplug them and give Joe at Axiom customer service a call. There could be an internal wire that is loose.
